| Conroy Reveals His 'Waveriders' Adventure | |
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Director Joel Conroy talks to IFTN prior to the nationwide release of his IFTA Award winning surfing documentary 'Waveriders', opening on Friday April 3rd. more |
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| 'Pineapple Express' Stars to Film in NI | |
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'Pineapple Express' co-stars James Franco and Danny McBride and its director David Gordan Green are to re-team to film a new comedy, 'Your Highness,' in Northern Ireland this summer more |
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| Irish Winners at Celtic Media Awards | |
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'Whistleblower', 'Seacht', 'In the Name of the Fada' and 'Waveriders' are among the ten Irish productions to have scooped accolades at this year's Celtic Media Awards held in Caernarfon in North Wales from March 25 - 27 2009.more |
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| TV3 Shakeup Current Affairs Programming | |
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TV3 has announced new developments for their news and current affairs programmes with the ending of 'The Political Party with Ursula Halligan', Vincent Browne to sign a new multi year contract and daytime programme 'Midday' to be fully commissioned after its successful trial.more |
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| Sundance Winner 'Five Minutes of Heaven' On BBC2 | |
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Oliver Hirschbiegel's drama 'Five Minutes of Heaven,' starring James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson will air on Sunday, April 5, BBC Two at 9pm. more |
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- The Belfast Film Festival - Cinemagic Lisburn Film Festival for Young People - Aspen Shortsfest - Nenagh Film Week - Smedias 2009 - FilmOffaly Award 2009: Applicant Deadline - MEDIA Stand at Cannes Film Festival: Registration Deadline - 'I Hate Musicals- The Musicals' - Short Film Auditions - IFB's Irish Pavilion, Cannes Film Festival: Registration Deadline - ILBF - Digital News Service Tender Submission Deadline - Skills Focus 2009 - Applicant Deadline more dates and deadlines |
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- Filmbase: Soundtrack Pro 101 - The Production Depot: Trainee Camera Workshop - Filmbase: Animation for Kids - Filmbase: Advanced Scriptwriting - Filmbase: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator more training information |
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| - Waveriders (Element Pictures Distribution) - Monsters Vs Aliens (Paramount Pictures) - Phenom (Sony) - Religulous (Momentum Pictures) - The Boat That Rocked (Universal) more distribution information |
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| - London Nights Movie - Producer - Tryell CCT - Technical Support Engineer (ACMT Qualified) - Freelance Editor/Camera Person - Adare Productions - Presenter - Red Shoe/Moondance Productions - Final Cut Editors get jobs/classifieds |
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| SDGI Finders Series Open for Applications | |
| The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland has announced the opening of applications for the 5th Annual Directors Finders Series 2009. Applications are being accepted until 27th April 2009 more | |
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| Irish Duo Take Empire Award | |
| Irish short film makers Stephen Power and Conal O'Meara have picked up the Empire Award in the Done in Sixty Seconds Category for their re make of 'Jerry Maguire'. The duo collected the Award on Sunday night at the star studded ceremony in London's Grosvenor House. more | |
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| Irish Talent Airing Stateside | |
| The first episode od Series 3 of 'The Tudors' and the debut of 'Harper's Island' starring Irish actress Elaine Cassidy (Disco Pigs) in the lead role are both to premiere on US television next week. more | |
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| Irish Delegation to Attend Hot Docs Fest | |
| Irish Filmmakers will be attending Hot Docs, the documentary film festival taking place in Toronto from April 30th to May 7th, as part of the IFB's Irish Delegation to the festival.more | |
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| Murphy In Talks For Nolan's 'Inception' | |
| Irish actor Cillian Murphy (The Wind that Shakes the Barley) is being lined up to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road) in the science fiction feature 'Inception', which British director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) will script and direct. more | |
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| Dingle Film Fest Call for Comedy Entries | |
| As part of the comedy theme to this year's Dingle Film Festival, running from 10th -13th September 2009, organisers are seeking new comedy films to screen. Feature films and shorts are welcome to submit by May 30th 2009. more | |
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| Kevin Dawson Takes Corporate Comms Post at RTÉ | |
| Kevin Dawson, RTÉ's Commissioning Editor for Factual Programming, is to leave his current post and move to the broadcaster's Corporate Centre as the Head of Corporate Communications. more | |
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| Wildwave Chief Hosts Digital Seminar at Filmbase | |
| Filmbase, in association with WildWave, will be holding a special seminar on Thursday 23rd April, to introduce filmmakers to the world of digital filmmaking and multiplatform distribution.more | |
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| Van Gogh Doc to Film in Portlaoise | |
| Photography is to commence on 'Vincent: Questioning The Method' a character study of painter Vincent Van Gogh by Irish actor Stuart Dunne (The Van) with filming to begin on 20th May until 30th July in and around the town of Portlaoise.more | |
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| ILBF and Skills Focus Approaching Deadlines | |
| The Irish Language Broadcast Fund has extended the deadline for the Digital News Service Tender while UTV and Northern Ireland Screen have opened applications for Skills Focus 2009 - both deadlines falling on Friday 10th April. more | |
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- 'Ed Byrne To Host New Comedy Panel Show - 'Kathmandu' Doc Inks UK Distribution Deal - 'Home' Doco Scoops NY Emmy - EGG Goes RED - Irish Short Film News - Funding and Distribution Offers for Lugh Films Doc - NFS Hosts Co-Production Workshops - Cannes Irish Pavilion Registration Now Open - TV3 Airs McGuinness Penned Drama - Upcoming Writing Courses at Galway Film Centre - New Doc Follows Kilfenora Céilí Band - TV3 Debuts Roy Keane Documentary |
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